Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Until I get caught up on some posts from Christmas happenings, here's a laugh or two for you.

For the first ten days or so since John Paul joined our family, life was a bit crazy...at least for the biggest brother at times...Carter was mid-way through a nap when John Paul started crying loudly. After a minute or two of that, I hear a yell from the back room, "John Paul needs his pacifier!"At the end of week one, I was feeding John Paul and Carter walked over to us and matter-of-factly said, "Jo needs to come pick him back up!" Little did he realize that John Paul was not Stephen Ross (Aunt Jo's baby) and was here to stay.Aunt RoRo got Carter the cutest little book when he was born called, "Little Pea." It's a short book and talks about how much Little Pea hates candy but has to eat it so he can have spinach for dessert. With every bite, Little Pea says, "Yuck!" or "Plek" or something very similar. Well, I made something for dinner one night, and before long, Carter spits a bite back on his plate, saying, "Bleck bleck bleck." Thank goodness we were home for that lesson :)Carter has a cute Life is Good shirt he wears all the time with a snowman on it. After we watched Frosty this Christmas season, I put his shirt on him and said, "Look Carter, it's Frosty!" Carter responded, "No, Mom, it not Frosty, it just looks a lot like him."Jeremy and I had a Cowboys football game on when Carter woke up from his nap last Sunday. He was excited and plopped right down in front of the TV. I told him to say, "Go Cowboys!" Once again he corrected me with, "I will not say'Doe Towboys,' Mom. Dose aren't towboys, day are football damers (gamers)!" Oops.We had a photographer out when John Paul was six days old to get his newborn shots. I wanted one of all the boys, too. Carter cooperated for a few minutes and then didn't want to do anything. Jeremy picked Peter up and held him upside down for a shot, and Carter started laughing (though tried to contain it), so the photographer asked him if he wanted to go upside down. He said, "I don't do upside down."

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Grace at Camp Patton just so happens to be one of the wittiest bloggers I "know." There are very few times I read her posts that I am not cracking up. Maybe it is because we have children the same age or are at the same point in motherhood...or maybe Peter and Sebastian were separated at birth! Maybe it isn't any of those things, but behind the humor, there is truth and love, and I have so enjoyed finding her blog. She is hosting a fun link-up today and I thought I would join (if I can figure out how). So here is what I wore to celebrate Jesus' birthday...

I am not so sure John Paul liked what he was wearing...

And a few very true-to-life family Christmas pictures...

And one last shot of the details of John Paul's attire. Big brother Carter didn't want him to leave the grandparents' house without some shoes. Thanks Carter :)

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Before John Paul arrived, we got most of our Christmas preparations finished and were really enjoying some family time in the evenings.

Carter experienced his first watching of The Polar Express and loved every second. We made chocolate-covered graham crackers and all enjoyed the movie.

Peter might have enjoyed the graham crackers more than the movie...

We decorated our tree and loved it for two days before Jeremy and I decided to take all of the ornaments (minus the 4-6 broken ones) back down...

A sweet lady in town has made each of the boys a stocking as soon as they have arrived. They mean so much to me and the boys seem to love them, too!

On our second movie night, we watched A Curious George Christmas. Here is a take on Carter's increasing level of excitement as the movie was loading. Maybe it had a bit to do with the smores we made, too :)

Peter looking from Carter to the TV and back again trying to understand why he was so fixated on the screen.

Then came Saint Nicholas Day! The boys left their boots/shoes by the Christmas tree on the night of December 5th and woke up to a few surprises...new PJs and new Christmas ornaments - globes!

And our newest Christmas gift...

Since John Paul has arrived, we've watched a few more Christmas cartoons, made spiced sugar cookies, opened a door to a new magnet every day for our Advent calendar and have continued lighting our Advent wreath. It's been a blessed season thus far, with the gift of our new baby boy, and we've been able to sit back and take it all in. We couldn't ask for anything more!